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<p> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Glevum¶ms=51.867_N_2.249_W_region:GB_scale:100000">51°52′01″N 2°14′56″W / 51.867°N 2.249°W / 51.867; -2.249</a> </p> <p>Glevum (or, more formally, Colonia Nervia Glevensium, or occasionally <i>Glouvia</i>) was originally a <a href="/facts/Roman_fort/FAVdW41t">Roman fort</a> in <a href="/facts/Roman_Britain/1Ez37u7L">Roman Britain</a> that became a "<a href="/facts/Colonia_(Roman)/QoMhhFDa">colonia</a>" of retired legionaries in AD 97. Today, it is known as <a href="/facts/Gloucester/mck7T4Ev">Gloucester</a>, in the <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">English</a> county of <a href="/facts/Gloucestershire/oU1K8E4K">Gloucestershire</a>. The name Glevum is taken by many present-day businesses in the area and also by the 26-mile <i>Glevum Way</i>, a <a href="/facts/Long-distance_footpath/fIltP4BA">long-distance footpath</a> or recreational walk encircling modern Gloucester. <a href="http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainCaerGloui.htm">[1]</a> </p>